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Jul. 24, 2013

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Eury Perez and Corey Brown homered, and Tanner Roark pitched six strong innings as the Syracuse Chiefs ended the Louisville Bats' four-game winning streak by hanging on for a 6-5 victory Tuesday night.

Brown's 14th homer, a three-run blast, highlighted a four-run eighth inning that gave the Chiefs a seemingly comfortable 6-1 lead. But the Bats made it interesting with four in the ninth off reliever Michael Crotta, keyed by Billy Hamilton's two-run double that put the tying runs in scoring position with one out.

Emmanuel Burriss' RBI groundout made it 6-5 and put the speedy Hamilton at third, ...